Deutsche Post DHL has launched the world’s fist bio-sourced payment cards in cooperation withGemalto, a global leader in digital security, to further reduce its environmental impact.
From 1 June onwards, Deutsche Post DHL offers its corporate customers the POSTCARD GOGREEN whichcan be used to pay for shipping letters and parcels and for express deliveries. It has the samephysical format and characteristics as common payment cards. Each card is associated with thecustomer through a unique numeric code, with 100,000 POSTCARDS GOGREEN being deployed in thisinitial roll-out.
Gemalto’s bio-sourced payment card is made from a renewable material derived from corn,sugarcane and potato starch. This material is easily recyclable and compostable through small scaleindustrial units and reduces the global ecological footprint of the production process.
“Deutsche Post DHL constantly wants to provide its customers with the most complete offeringpossible and Gemalto enabled us to bring in an additional product, POSTCARD GOGREEN,” commentedPeter Grau, Head of Product Management Business Communication at Deutsche Post DHL. “The Gemaltoinnovation came about just as we were considering offering our customers an eco-friendly POSTCARD.”& amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; lt; /p>
“Deutsche Post DHL is strongly committed to sustainable development and Gemalto is proud tosupport this strategy which is perfectly in line with our dedication to reduce the environmentalimpact,” added Philippe Cambriel, Executive Vice President, Gemalto. “This new contract is afurther milestone in the long-standing business relationship Gemalto has established with DeutschePost DHL. Our company has been Deutsche Post DHL’s sole supplier of cards and personalisationservices for the last ten years, and we highly value this new mark of trust.”
The introduction of the bio-sourced payment cards is in line with Deutsche Post DHL’s climateprotection programme GoGreen. It aims to reduce the CO2 emissions Deutsche Post DHL generates forevery letter and parcel sent, and across all of its operations including subcontractedtransportation services. The POSTCARD GOGREEN complements the expanded portfolio ofclimate-friendly products and services that Deutsche Post DHL launched in 2008.
In 2009, Gemalto generated annual revenues of €1.65 billion with over 10,000 employees operatingout of 75 offices, research and service centres in 41 countries. The company provides digitalsolutions for mobile connectivity, identity and data protection, credit card safety, health andtransportation services, e-government and national security. It serves governments, wirelessoperators, banks and enterprises across the globe.
